♥ ♥ a love story ♥ ♥
Biggles and Holle are watching something very interesting. What could it be?
Well…
these two lovebirds ladybirds were doing it
one of them must have been a manbird
in the heat of the moment they fell off the wood rail
but they just carried on (sand everywhere)
and carried on
and carried on
If you’re interested:
he wiggles about a lot (assuming the one on top is the ‘he’) and she just patiently undergoes it all.
And it takes a while.
This smouldering love story was brought to you courtesy of Kim at Frogpondsrock, who gives us the opportunity to post those photos that have been hanging around on our computers, waiting for an opportunity to be seen. These particular shots have been hanging around on my laptop since June last year. So we should all be very grateful to Kim, for who knows if I would ever have come around to posting them otherwise.
Hop over to the rocking frog ponds if you want to see more interesting photos or if you want to join in.
In order to achieve the magic number of 100 followers (which list magically disappears from and reappears at the top of my blog without any reason known to me; Blogger’s ways are mysterious) I need only two more people to sign up.
I’m just saying… no pressure…
Wow, now that's some commitment!
ReplyDeleteHugs & love,
Mimi
I do love ladybirds. Thankyou. my business card has a photo of ladybirds having sex :) It is cold and snowing here in Tasmania, I woke up to two inches of snow on the ground and I have been wandering around outside taking photos, Your summer photos have warmed me up slightly. I looked for your follower thingy to make sure that I was on it, but it isn't there. silly blogger.How is your husband going?
ReplyDeleteYeah, what is it with the tiny heads? Mine keep vanishing, too. I really worry because I only have a few.
ReplyDeleteSnickering. And loved the photos too. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful love story!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment on my photos. At the workshop we all had our lenses on auto focus and the camera on Av (whatever that means!) so that's what mine is still on. Would have normally used the macro button but I was trying out what I had learned from the course!! I can usually take perfect photos with my other camera (Panasonic Lumix with 12x zoom) but I need to advance and learn more :) (my daughter was the workshop co-ordinator so be kind if you are commenting back :) !! )
Mimi: I too was impressed ;-)
ReplyDeleteUncle Skip: I'm sure they will return. Question is: when? Perhaps they are just on holiday.
And why does blogger not send all the comments through to my email anymore? And why couldn't I comment on blogger-user-posts yesterday evening? Are the blogger office people all on holiday too?
Elephant's Child: always glad to make someone giggle ;-)
Avril: I know how difficult it is to learn about all the manual settings on your camera and using them. Very confusing. I'm slowly getting better. But just slowly. Takes lots of practice. Av is the width of the opening of your lens. The smaller the number, the wider the opening and a smaller part of your photo will be sharp (it is exactly opposite of what you'd think is logical). I'm guessing you're using a small number, 4 perhaps? But your daughter will know all about that too ;-) I'm just trying to demonstrate how much I know ;-)
Over here, we call them ladybugs, and they are supposed to bring good luck, especially if one gets inside your house. A little known fact: they love to eat aphids off the roses.
ReplyDeleteBiggles and Holle are not the only one with sharp eyes! Ladybugs (and fireflies) are the only bugs I will willingly permit to crawl about on my person. I find them fascinating.
ReplyDeleteAh .. I must get back to Sunday Selections! It's a good meme, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteLove your ladybirds (as we call them here in England). You're right, one must have been a man ladybird .. not sure you can actually have a manbird, but maybe! LOL!
I can honestly say that's something I've never seen before. Great photography work for two little ladybirds.
ReplyDeleteHorny little devils: The insects' "private lives" are a bit shocking. They are also riddled with venereal disease and can be cannibalistic if the aphid harvest is poor!
ReplyDeleteFemales spread their favours widely for up to nine hours at a time to over-sexed males which have orgasms lasting up to 90 minutes.
One scientist, Dr Michael Majerous of Cambridge University, has said the creatures' awesome sex drive is damaging their survival chances.
The females were wasting their egg stocks and energy and the males were squandering their reproductive cells. There was something theoretically wrong with such waste.
The scientists are still peering into their microscopes for answers.
Life is a real jungle out there for the little creatures. Cherish them in your garden.
Tempting to come back as a ladybird?
It is a red-letter day. It gives me great pleasure to announce, after months and months (years, maybe?) of reading your blog faithfully, I have decided to take the plunge and declare myself an official "follower" of yours, something I have never done before on anyone else's blog, simultaneously becoming -- be still, my heart -- your long-awaited 100th follower!!!
ReplyDeletePat:
ReplyDeleteI'm convinced I've been bitten by a ladybird (or ladybug) once. Well, almost convinced. I felt an 'ouch' and there was a ladybug present at the scene of the crime ;-)
Jay:
It is!
Ladybirds in Dutch are Lieveheersbeestjes. Dearlordbugs. Or sweetlordbugs. Perhaps all the Dutch ones are males and all the British, American and Australian ones are female. Judging by their name that is.
Grey Horse Matters:
It was a first for me too. But according to Baino it is difficult to see them not doing it ;-)
Rhymeswithplague:
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
I've emailed some of you, so I'm not ignoring some people and answering others.
Perhaps he was just lazy and didn't want to walk?
ReplyDeleteI think he must be a lordbird - after all, can't mess up the class system.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos - I wish the ladybirds in my garden would get on with it and produce lots of babies to deal with the aphids which are rampant!! Whenever I do see one, it's miles away from roses, apple trees, nasturtiums and anything else with ready-to-eat delectables.
Ha! Really must learn to read as I see you clever Dutch people have already appropriated the 'correct' name for the male of the species;-)
ReplyDeleteAh, young love.
ReplyDeleteSorry I've only just joined up. I though I'd been a follower for a long time, but I can't see my picture in your line-up so I must have been wrong.
Now I am No. 101.
Insect porn. Does that make Biggles and Holle voyeurs?
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